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- MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and Jane Krakowski denied a Daily Mail report linking them romantically.
- Lindell told Insider he will take legal action against the Daily Mail.
- He said in a text: “I didn’t even know who the lady was..”
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is threatening to take legal action against the Daily Mail after the outlet published an article claiming he had been in a relationship with “30 Rock” actress Jane Krakowski.
“The daily mail story is a complete lie ( I have never met her and have not even been to the places in the article ),” Lindell said in a text to Insider.
The MyPillow founder – known to many as the “MyPillow guy” who has starred in countless infomercials – told Insider he will sue the Daily Mail in response to the article.
The Daily Mail reported this week that Lindell and Krakowski had a “passionate romance” in the summer of 2020. Details included a weekend spent at a Hamptons beach house and time spent together in Manhattan’s West Village neighborhood.
"He sent flowers to her almost every week and champagne and bottles of different liquor. She said she had known him for about eight years and that they had been friends but then they started a relationship about a year ago," the Daily Mail quotes an anonymous source as saying.
Lindell told Insider in a text that he has "never been to that hamptons or west village ever!"
He added: "Also I didn't even know who the lady was.."
Krakowski, best known for her role as Jenna Maroney in "30 Rock," also denied the romance.
The actress's representative told The New York Post: "Jane has never met Mr. Lindell. She is not and has never been in any relationship with him, romantic or otherwise. She is, however, in full fledged fantasy relationships with Brad Pitt, Rege-Jean Page and Kermit the Frog and welcomes any and all coverage on those."
Representatives for the Daily Mail and Krakowski did not respond to Insider's request for comment.
MyPillow has been in the news as Lindell pushes voter fraud conspiracies
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Lindell made headlines last Friday when he became one of the last people to visit President Donald Trump in the White House.
The MyPillow CEO is a staunch Trump supporter, and has been ceaselessly pushing baseless conspiracies that President Joe Biden stole the 2020 presidential election. As a result of these conspiracies, he is now facing a legal threat from voting-technology company Dominion.
"I'm not backing down on these machines that stole our election," Lindell told Insider in an interview on Wednesday.
"I'm not changing my mind on anything like that ever. I'm not going to: 'Oh, please, don't boycott me. Please don't,'" Lindell added, transforming his voice into a whining, pitiful tone.
"That's not me," Lindell added. "If everybody did that, then anyone that wants to control the narrative can do whatever they want and destroy companies."
The MyPillow CEO has been divorced twice, according to his book "What Are the Odds? From Crack to CEO." In 2007, he split from Karen, his wife of 20 years and mother of his four children, as they both battled addictions to crack cocaine. In 2013, he married a woman named Dallas in a lavish $100,000 wedding. The pair divorced just 20 days later.
"I'm not in love with you," Dallas told Lindell soon after their marriage, according to his book. "Also, you're boring."
Lindell confirmed to Insider on Friday that he is in a relationship with a woman named Kendra. Cindy, Lindell's sister, introduced him to Kendra after the pair met at a Christian conference in 2012. Lindell wrote in his book that his sister insisted "that God had shown her that someday, Kendra and I would be married."
Kendra played a key role in Lindell getting involved in attending more evangelical Christian events, which contributed to his interest in politics. While Lindell has considered running for office, he told Insider on Wednesday that his primary concern right now is addressing what he believes to be election fraud.